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Women’s rights Despite Papua New Guinea ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in 1995,[2] Papua New Guinea still remains one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman or girl,[3] highlighting the government’s failure to implement effective policies to prevent and respond to gender-based violence and discrimination. During the 2015 UPR, Papua New Guinea supported 49 recommendations on women’s rights, including to “ensure a...

RNZ David Manning, PNGs State of Emergency Controller and Police Commissioner. Photo: PNG PM Media Papua New Guinea’s government has obtained a stay on a court order to quash the appointment of David Manning as police commissioner. Last week, the national court ruled that there was an error in his appointment by the Public Services Commission which overlooked Mr Manning’s lack of a required tertiary qualification. The decision followed judicial review proceedings filed by senior police off...

Both men had failed in an application for the position of police commissioner in competition with Manning in 2019. Justice Cannings ruled that Manning’s appointment was wrong because he did not have a tertiary qualification as required for the parallel post of Secretary to the Police Department. Yesterday, Justice Derek Hartshorn granted the stay order sought by lawyer Troy Mileng of the Solicitor-General’s office representing the state and lawyer Derek Wood representing Manning pending the...

David Manning, PNGs State of Emergency Controller and Police Commissioner. Photo: PNG PM Media Last week, the national court ruled that there was an error in his appointment by the Public Services Commission which overlooked Mr Mannings lack of a required tertiary qualification. The decision followed judicial review proceedings filed by senior police officers Sylvester Kalaut* and Fred Yakasa challenging the 2019 appointment by the National Executive Council. The court ruled that he would ceas...

BY: Loop Author 09:32, December 16, 2020 1680 reads Northern Province will receive 12 new police vehicles through the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) re-fleeting exercise. Police Minister Bryan Kramer said as part of the Station of Excellence initiative, the police force has invited members of parliament (MPs) to participate in a Kina-for-Kina program to purchase new police vehicles for their provinces or districts. The Oro Provincial Governme...

Frenemies forever? PNG’s prime minister sees off a challenge Prime Minister James Marape (Peter Morris/Sydney Heads) Published 16 Dec 2020 14:30   0 Comments     So was this serious? Or have the past month’s political events been a cunningly disguised economic rescue package for Papua New Guinea’s resort and restaurant industries? It was more than a month ago that PNG was thrown into political crisis when...